[Bug 998902] Re: Grub install failed for /dev/sda

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Grub install failed for /dev/sda

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Install target is a new SSD with a 512MB /boot and 64GB / partition

  Install GUI should give me options to resolve this error.

  from /var/log/syslog:

  May 13 21:44:07 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
  May 13 21:44:07 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
  May 13 21:44:07 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"
  May 13 21:44:09 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: Warnung: This GPT partition label has no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible!.
  May 13 21:44:09 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: Warnung: Einbettung ist nicht möglich. GRUB kann in dieser Konfiguration nur mittels Blocklisten installiert werden. Blocklisten sind allerdings UNZUVERLÄSSIG und deren Verwendung wird daher nicht empfohlen..
  May 13 21:44:14 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: Fehler:
  May 13 21:44:14 ubuntu grub-installer:  »/grub/core.img« kann nicht korrekt gelesen werden.
  May 13 21:44:14 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"' failed.
  May 13 21:44:46 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
  May 13 21:44:46 ubuntu ubiquity[4439]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
  May 13 21:44:47 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /target: device is busy.
  May 13 21:44:47 ubuntu ubiquity:         (In some cases useful info about processes that use
  May 13 21:44:47 ubuntu ubiquity:          the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
  May 13 21:44:47 ubuntu ubiquity[4439]: debconffilter_done: ubi-partman (current: ubi-partman)
  May 13 21:44:55 ubuntu ubiquity[4439]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
  May 13 21:44:55 ubuntu grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/generic
  May 13 21:44:55 ubuntu ubiquity: grub-probe: Fehler: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?).
  May 13 21:44:55 ubuntu ubiquity: grub-probe: Fehler: cannot find a device for /boot (is /dev mounted?).
  May 13 21:44:55 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda2: gpt
  May 13 21:44:57 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub
  May 13 21:44:57 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-legacy
  May 13 21:44:57 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-efi
  May 13 21:44:57 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-efi-amd64-bin
  May 13 21:44:57 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-efi-amd64
  May 13 21:44:57 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-efi-ia32-bin
  May 13 21:44:57 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-efi-ia32
  May 13 21:44:57 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
  May 13 21:44:58 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
  May 13 21:44:58 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"
  May 13 21:44:58 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: Fehler: cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?).
  May 13 21:44:58 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"' failed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Sun May 13 23:45:12 2012
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper  quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64+mac (20120425.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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